Objective Statement
This project is going to explain Child Labor in America, it will give viewers an idea of what children in America did in these times.
The vacuum or "sweeping machine" was a device used to suck dust and dirt off of dirty rugs.
The vacuum or the "sweep machine" came to exist in 1869 by inventor Ives McGaffey, in 1901 two Americans introduced variations on the same theme. Corinne Dufour invented a device that sucked dust into a wet sponge. David E. Kenney's huge machine was installed in the cellar and connected to a network of pipes leading to each room of the house. a corps cleaners moved the machine to house to house. in 1907 James Murray Spangler, a janitor in Ohio deduced that the carpet sweeper he used was the source of his cough. He tinkered with an old fan motor and attached to it a soap box stapled to a broom handle. He invented a portable electric vacuum. in 1908 he formed the Electric Suction Sweeper Company. One of his first buyers was a cousin whose husband William H. Hoover, later became the president of the Hoover Company with Spangler as superintendent.The first portable vacuum weighed 92 pounds and used a fan 18 inches in diameter to produce suction. Several different Historical brands are, Hoover, Eureka, and Royal Appliance.
Child Labor in America
Objective Statement
This project is going to explain Child Labor in America, it will give viewers an idea of what children in America did in these times.
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- Brittany Pierce
- "The Sweeping Machine"
- Ives Mcgaffey
- June 8th 1869
- The vacuum or "sweeping machine" was a device used to suck dust and dirt off of dirty rugs.
- The vacuum or the "sweep machine" came to exist in 1869 by inventor Ives McGaffey, in 1901 two Americans introduced variations on the same theme. Corinne Dufour invented a device that sucked dust into a wet sponge. David E. Kenney's huge machine was installed in the cellar and connected to a network of pipes leading to each room of the house. a corps cleaners moved the machine to house to house. in 1907 James Murray Spangler, a janitor in Ohio deduced that the carpet sweeper he used was the source of his cough. He tinkered with an old fan motor and attached to it a soap box stapled to a broom handle. He invented a portable electric vacuum. in 1908 he formed the Electric Suction Sweeper Company. One of his first buyers was a cousin whose husband William H. Hoover, later became the president of the Hoover Company with Spangler as superintendent.The first portable vacuum weighed 92 pounds and used a fan 18 inches in diameter to produce suction. Several different Historical brands are, Hoover, Eureka, and Royal Appliance.
- References
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvacuum.htmhttp://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2647-picture of hoover
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